AMD or Intel? £200 Difference

[jakesnake]

Ok guys!
i know ive posted a couple of threads about different hardware and wot road to go down. im probably starting to get on some peoples nerves but then again some of you guys like a good debate. so please forgive me for posting again because i no ive been from 1 thing to another and back again lol. I just wanna get this build right

My new Rig consists of 11 parts, 8 of which are the same on both setups because its hardware/components that work with AMD or Intel (monitor/ssd type things) so ill list the 3 different parts from each build first, which make it AMD or Intel. Then ill list the 8 items underneath which are the same on both.

AMD
Processor - AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 125W
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX
Memory - G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz Dualchannel

Intel
Processor - Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield)
Motherboard - Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3
Memory - Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz Triplechannel

General Parts
Graphics card - EVGA GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
Solid State Drive - Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s
Hard Drive - Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Power supply - BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P8 750W Modular
CPU cooler - Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom
CD/DVDRW - Sony Optiarc DRU-870S 24x DVD±RW SATA
Case - NZXT Phantom Enthisiast Full Tower
Monitor - BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED

AMD totalcost - £1200
Intel totalcost - £1400

The reason ive done this is because i made Baskets up and the difference in cost is basically £200 bar a few pounds.

I just wanna hear wot peoples final thoughts are because my budget
has been smashed from £1000 till 1200 or potentialy 1400 and i dont
if ive got carried away

The rig is for Gaming. I just want the Futureproof foundations in place that will do me for atleast 3years then a decent upgrade path after that. Is that possible with 1 of these 2 rigs?

 

[jakesnake]

If you stick with the AMD AM3 socket, you will be able to buy a new chip in the next couple of years at least, as AMD are sticking to the same socket.

isnt the new amd chips next year going to be AM3+ ??
which makes the 1090T the furthest i can go on AM3.

and is the potential of having a 980X wen they come way way
down in price better than a potential 1090T. or is AMD going to be
releasing more AM3 chips better than 1090, is that wot you mean?

 

[jakesnake]

for general usage and games there probably isnt much difference for the intel to be worth paying £200 more.

If you want to go for gaming, i dont think the i7 is worht the £200.

If this is for gaming, the difference will not be discernable whichever way you go.But, and this is quite important, your AMD setup will have a longer shelf life.

I think thats it ther in black and white guys.

As you can see from the sig i have backed the AMD route
for the last number of days, i just wanted to clarify

AMD it is!

Brilliant guys the info and help youve provided has been priceless.

 

[jakesnake]

Just quickly going to throw a spanner into the works.

Spec up an i5 build.

This is purely gaming what I say right here:

i5 760 (stock) > i7 920/930 (stock) > AMD 955/965 (stock)

here we go again. LOL

but isnt the 1156 the most deadend you can go
with 1155 coming? i think ive read that around.

 

[jakesnake]

If im honest i hope the bulldozer chips work on a completely new board and i hope the old chips dont work in them so they can become more of a competition against the high end sandy bridge chips.

I just read an article and AMD said that Bulldozer wont be
compatible on AM3, its going to be new platform AM3+
but current AM3 cpus will be compatible with the AM3+ platform

sum1 posted a link for the article, if i can find it again ill paste it here